GRE Word List
EMETIC
an agent that induces vomiting
The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.
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outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
denotation | an act or process of denoting |
impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
piquant | engagingly provocative |
forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |